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Death threats have been made against state workers, as their co-workers try to untangle a computer mess that's halted jobless benefits to thousands of Californians.

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Updated: 5:38 PM PDT Sep 19, 2013

State workers at EDD office receive death threats

Death threats have been made against state workers, as their co-workers try to untangle a computer mess that's halted jobless benefits to thousands of Californians.

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WEBVTT COWORKERS TRY TO UNTANGLE. DETAILS ON THE THREATS AND THE CONTINUING THREAT THAT IS DETAILING THEM. WE WERE TOLD TODAY SHE AND OTHER EMPLOYEES HAD BEEN RECEIVING THESE THE A E-MAIL. SHE WOULD NOT SAY MUCH MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE. WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER IT RISES TO THE LEVEL REQUIRING ADDITIONAL SECURITY HERE. A GROUPING OF FOUR BUILDINGS DOWNTOWN. WORKING DOWN -- AROUND THE CLOCK TO CATCH UP. TENS OF THOUSANDS OF UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS. AT HER HOME, SHE TELLS US IT HAS BEEN ONE MONTH SINCE SHE RECEIVED HER UNEMPLOYMENT PAYMENT. HER LAST ONE WAS DUE THE FIRST WEEK OF THIS MONTH. I HAVE A DISABLED DAUGHTER THAT HAS EXTRAORDINARY CARE. SHE REQUIRES CERTAIN FOODS. SHE WILL NOT GO WITHOUT. IT PUTS A STRAIN ON OUR FAMILY. SHE IS ONE OF MORE THAN 60,000 PEOPLE TODAY WHOSE BENEFIT PAYMENT HAS NOT BEEN PAID. THE NUMBER IS THREE TIMES WHAT IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK. EDD SAYS THE SAME COMPUTER GLITCH HAS OCCURRED OVER AND OVER AGAIN. PEOPLE RECERTIFIED FOR PAYMENTS EVERY TWO WEEKS. STAFF IS TRYING TO KEEP UP , MANUALLY FIXING EACH AND EVERY ACCOUNT. IT COULD EVEN GO INTO , I MIGHT HAVE TO SKIP A CREDIT CARD PAYMENT OR TWO. I DO NOT LIKE THAT. I NEVER HAVE. UNFORTUNATELY, IT MIGHT COME TO IT. PEOPLE LINED UP KICKED OUT OF AN APARTMENT OR LOSING A VEHICLE, ALL FOR PAYING LATE FEES TO CREDIT CARDS AND HAVING THEIR CREDIT SCORE OFFENDED BY THIS, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY THEN? IT IS NOT GETTING FIXED? -- WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO FIX IT AND GET IT RESOLVED. THERE IS NO STONE GONE UNTURNED. THE NUMBER IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN WHAT WE WERE TOLD YESTERDAY, 90 THOUSAND PEOPLE. THEY GOT MORE THAN 30,000. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH THESE MORE AND MORE QUICKLY EACH WAY. OF COURSE -- EACH DAY, AND OF COURSE, THE NEWS FOR YOU WILL ONLY COME ONCE YOU FINALLY RECEIVE THE PAYMENT. HOW LONG DO THEY THINK IT WILL BE BEFORE THEY CAN GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED? THEY WOULD NOT GIVE US AN EXACT EIGHT. WHAT A SPOKESWOMAN DID SAY IS THEY PLAN TO WORK THROUGH THE WEEKEND AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT TO CATCH UP. WHAT THAT DOES NOT GUARANTEE IS THAT THERE WILL BE MORE CLAIMS

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State workers at EDD office receive death threats

Death threats have been made against state workers, as their co-workers try to untangle a computer mess that's halted jobless benefits to thousands of Californians.